Free Read Ebook A Private Cathedral

After finding himself caught up in one of Louisianas oldest and bloodiest family rivalries Detective Dave Robicheaux must battle the most terrifying adversary he has ever encountered: a time-traveling superhuman assassin.The Shondell and Balangie families are longtime enemies in the New Iberia criminal underworld and show each other no mercy. Yet their youngest heirs JoAfter finding himself caught up in one of Louisianas oldest and bloodiest family rivalries Detective Dave Robicheaux must battle the most terrifying adversary he has ever encountered: a time-traveling superhuman assassin.The Shondell and Balangie families are longtime enemies in the New Iberia criminal underworld and show each other no mercy. Yet their youngest heirs Johnny Shondell and Isolde Balangie rock and roll-musician teenagers with magical voices have fallen in love and run away after Isolde was given as a sex slave to Johnnys uncle. As he seeks to uncover why Detective Dave Robicheaux gets too close to both Isoldes mother and the mistress of her father a venomous New Orleans mafioso whose jealousy has no bounds. In retribution he hires a mysterious assassin to go after Robicheaux and his longtime partner Clete Purcel. This hitman is unlike any the “Bobbsey Twins from Homicide” have ever faced. He has the ability to induce horrifying hallucinations and travels on a menacing ghost ship that materializes without warning. In order to defeat him and rescue Johnny and Isolde Robicheaux will have to overcome the demons that have tormented him throughout his adult life—alcoholism specters from combat in Vietnam and painful memories of women to whom he opened his heart only to see killed. A Private Cathedral James Lee Burkes fortieth book is his most powerful tale one that will captivate readers—mixing crime romance mythology horror and science fiction to produce a thrilling story about the all-consuming all-conquering power of love.(less)